Featured Projects

Ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably requires action at various levels: local, state, national, and international. Through this project, which is supported by Global March Against Child Labour (Global March), TERI sought to identify: (i) Key challenges to sustainable natural resource use, and (ii) Actions to be taken at the community level to address these challenges in three states of India - Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Rajasthan.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) was established in 1975 to set up and promote MMR (Mumbai Metropolitan Region) as a destination for economic activity by boosting infrastructure development and improving the quality of life. In order to integrate the concepts and strategies of sustainable development into the MMR’s 3rd Regional Plan 2014-34 (RP) developed by the Planning Department of MMRDA, TERI and MMRDA signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2010 to work in collaboration on green buildings, transport, and environment.

As per the estimates from the UNICEF, children from un-electrified households spend fewer days at school as compared to those living in electrified households. To address this issue, Power Grid and TERI partnered to facilitate clean energy access to school going children in rural areas of Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha. Activities conducted under this project facilitate the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan of the Government of India.

TERI has recently completed a GNESD-funded project that aimed to analyse the rural electrification program in India and its achievements, with a special focus on the co-benefits and productive usage of electricity in line with the "Energy Plus" approach.

The challenges faced by the world in general and India, especially with respect of energy, water, and food sectors, are increasingly becoming inter-linked. Subsequently, strategies for tackling one or the other aspect of these integrated challenges would require consideration of critical aspects of managing demand and supply of energy, water, and food in a manner that ensures security in each of these.

TERI, Practical Action Consulting, and Institute of Development Studies of the UK have recently completed a DFID-funded project that aimed to understand the links between electricity access, productive uses of electricity, and poverty reduction.

The OASYS South Asia project implemented by TERI and a consortium of research partners aimed to develop a systematic analysis and research foundation to find appropriate local solutions for sustainable rural electricity supply.

TERI-SBH initiative 'Back to Earth' engaged children into creative thinking and helped in developing their competence in waste management, through various innovative educational and outreach components like books, educational kits, learning material, and brainstorming sessions.

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Exploring Options for Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Environment Status of Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Himalayan Adaptation, Water and Resilience (HI-AWARE) Research on Glacier and Snowpack Dependent River Basins for Improving Livelihoods

Facilitating Access to Clean Lighting for Schools in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha

Analysis of the Electrification Programme in India Using the "Energy Plus" Framework and the Key Lessons

Mapping Institutions, Research and Funders in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research Area in India

Does development justify destroying an entire ecosystem? Is this sacrifice worthwhile? Raghu and Dhani are left wondering.

Our Initiatives

TERI is one of the Consortium Partners of the UNEP led Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN).

WSDS is an international platform to facilitate the exchange of knowledge on all aspects of sustainable development.

Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL) programme aims at bringing light into the lives of billions of rural people by replacing kerosene and paraffin lanterns with affordable solar lighting devices.

Developing students into global leaders through sustainable living practices integrated with values and ethics of caring for nature and the world around us.

India's national green building rating tool that facilitates design, construction and operation of high performance buildings. The rating framework helps measure performance and hence ensures compliance with national codes and standards.

A global initiative, under the leadership of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, SE4ALL, has three broad goals - universal energy access, improved energy efficiency, and double the share of renewables.

TERI-CBS is a platform for corporate leaders to address issues related to sustainable development and promote leadership in environmental management, social responsibility, and economic performance.

Knowledge for Sustainable Development - TERI University commits itself to academic excellence and provides an environment that will encourage both personal and intellectual growth through teaching, creating and sharing knowledge.

TERI University 'E-Learn' aims to share knowledge in the field of energy, environment and sustainable development using innovative learning tools in a virtual environment.

Climate EduXchange ensures that teachers and students across the country, network and share relevant ideas, initiatives and information on climate change and related issues with the help of various ICT tools.

Management Development Programme designed and developed within the broad ambit of sustainability and energy conservation.

Monthly magazine dedicated to disseminating information and knowledge on issues of environment, energy, and sustainable development.

Campaign aimed at creating awareness about environmental issues by involving the people of our country to make a difference.